Suggest me a chorus

[loversmoon]

I'm looking for a very specific type of chorus sound. Think 80's metal chorus..ala def leppard hysteria and a lot of iron maiden type chorus tones. I've owned a boss chorus but it wasn't getting me the times I was after. I wanna keep this pedal down around 100 bucks new or used. What are the suggestions you guys have for me ?

I play an esp eclipse with a jb/59 combo and a tele with a bareknuckle piledriver set through a Randall solid state.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Suggest me a chorus

Which Boss chorus did you have?

 

[Funkfingers]

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I was about to suggest the BOSS DC-2 or DC-3 but sellers now ask stupid prices. A pre-owned BOSS CE-20, perhaps.

 

[dystrust]

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Which Boss chorus did you have?

+1

My first thought was a Boss CE-2 which can be had for $100-150 used. I've heard that the cheaper made in Taiwan version can be made to sound closer to the MIJ version with a few trim pot tweaks. I'm not super familiar with the CE-5, but the CE-3 and CH-1 sound like utter crap in comparison; both bright and very thin.

 

[mantis]

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Boss CE-20 and your done.

 

[loversmoon]

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I had the boss ch 1 super
Chorus

 

[jtougas]

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I'll be odd man out and say check some of tc electronics toneprints for the Vortex. Scott_F dug their phaser enough to keep it...

 

[beaubrummels]

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Must be a pedal? I ask because the killer 80s chorus sounds were found in rack delays, which are dirt cheap now.

 

[loversmoon]

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I have no real use for a rack system.

 

[loversmoon]

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I'll be odd man out and say check some of tc electronics toneprints for the Vortex. Scott_F dug their phaser enough to keep it...

I'm certainly considering the tc electronics chorus as well as the dreamscape

 

[PFDarkside]

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I bet the TC Corona could be dialed in nicely.

 

[devastone]

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Yep, TC Corona, or Gravy, it uses the same toneprints as the Corona and has vibrato as well.

 

[Gainstage]

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Main differences are digital or analog. The newer digital stuff like TC is pretty damn good. Best I think I ever had or used was the old TC stereo chorus, still a on-going fav of Eric Johnson.
A lot of Boss lovers here, not one of them myself. I love a good chorus, like most things, there are a million of them.
I used a Whammy V on light detune mode for ages, makes a great chorus has no typical sweep modulation, something special about it. Like an idiot I sold that puppy off, need to get another one, only the V(5) model though.
Chorus before or after dirt is an option as well, both have their uses. After I think is much more full and rich. I used the Whammy up front for tracking plus the harmonizer modes are too cool on that pedal.

 

[loversmoon]

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It's gonna go on the board after my mad prof golden cello.

 

[Gainstage]

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It's gonna go on the board after my mad prof golden cello.

Doesn't that have a built in delay or reverb thing?

 

[Aceman]

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Digitech CF-7 will make any chorus sound you need.

I'm gonna suggest go get an old Washburn Accelerator chorus off ebay (Blue one)- A-SC7
Arion Stereo chorus will hit that also.

Mooer Ensemble King is not a bad choice….in the CE-2 style.

 

[Mincer]

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Well, I have to mention the Catalina Chorus, which can do what you want, and more. It is out of the price range, though. A chorus is something I used for years- lately, I tend to be more into a phaser.

 

[loversmoon]

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Doesn't that have a built in delay or reverb thing?

Overdrive with built in delay.

 

[loversmoon]

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Well, I have to mention the Catalina Chorus, which can do what you want, and more. It is out of the price range, though. A chorus is something I used for years- lately, I tend to be more into a phaser.

I'm almost always running chorus and delay. My amp has them built in but they seem to sound like they are in a hole or something. Plus you can't really get a lot of range from them. I do love a mxr phase 90

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Suggest me a chorus

I'm looking for a very specific type of chorus sound. Think 80's metal chorus..ala def leppard hysteria and a lot of iron maiden type chorus tones. I wanna keep this pedal down around 100 bucks new or used. What are the suggestions you guys have for me ?

I've owned a boss chorus but it wasn't getting me the times I was after.
I had the boss ch 1 super Chorus

The super is a different beast to the classic ce2. I reckon for your needs, a Boss Ce-3 will do it. Ce-2s are pricey but you can easily mod a ce3 to sound as good. One cap change will give you a fatter bottom end like the ce2, but the very 80s ce3 sound did not happen by accident. Roland engineers thinned the low end out specifically for that 80s hifi sound. Plus you get stereo for serious 80s action. See how you like it, fatten it up if you need to, or flip it on ebay for what you paid and you wont lose out.